Liven up your Christmas trees this year with this fabulous Striped Bobble Bauble, which uses a combination of amigurumi, colourwork and a variation of the bobble stitch to create a beautifully textured Christmas ornament!

Welcome to Part 6, the final part of the Otis Giraffe CAL! This part will cover the giraffe’s head, and the finishing touches for joining the two main pieces together.

You have the option to incorporate the spots and facial features, including, the horns, ears, eyes (optional) and muzzle, as you crochet the head, OR you can sew them on later – YOUR CHOICE.

Photo tutorials available for this part (on the blog only) show the facial feature attachment rounds.

FULL, in-depth video tutorial for the head is available! Whether you're a beginner to Amigurumi, or an advanced crocheter just learning the join-as-you-go for the first time, you'll find it invaluable.

Welcome to Part 4 of the Otis Giraffe CAL! This part will cover the giraffe’s body. You have the option to incorporate the spots and limbs, including, the arms, legs and tail, as you crochet the body, OR you can sew them on later – YOUR CHOICE.

Photo tutorials available for this part (on the blog only) show the leg and arm attachment rounds.

FULL, in-depth video tutorial for the body is available! Whether you're a beginner to Amigurumi, or an advanced crocheter just learning the join-as-you-go for the first time, you'll find it invaluable.

Who's ready to crochet and join the limbs as you go? Let's start hooking...

Welcome to Part 3 of the Otis Giraffe CAL!This part will cover all of the giraffe’s limbs, including, the arms, legs and tail. You have the option to incorporate the spots as you crochet the arms and legs, OR you can sew them on later – YOUR CHOICE.

Photo tutorials available for this part (on the blog only) show how to work the tail hair attachment.

3 FULL video tutorials for all the limbs are available! Whether you're a beginner to Amigurumi, or an advanced crocheter just learning the join-as-you-go for the first time, you'll find them invaluable.

​Are you excited to crochet and join the spots as you go? Let's start hooking...

Welcome to Part 2 of the Otis Giraffe CAL! This part will cover the giraffe’s spots.

Photo tutorials available for this part (on the blog only) show how they are joined to the body parts, so you can get a general feel or idea how it all works. If following video tutorials for this series, you’ll get to see the very same spot join in action during parts 3, 4 and 6.

A video tutorial for crocheting the spots is also available right now for beginners new to Amigurumi!